Berlin Stories

Exciting stories, fascinating objects, interesting background information and comprehensive insights into Berlin’s past and present, continuously expanded and supplemented for you.
Welcome to the oldest part of the city of Berlin!
Discover the Nikolaiviertel!
The Struggle
1884/85 – 1994: 110 Years of Anticolonial Resistance: South Africans in Exile in Berlin
WELTSTUDIO special
Creative activities for everyone at BERLIN GLOBAL
BERLIN GLOBAL
Topics from our interactive exhibition at the Humboldt Forum
The Open Spaces
Discover the Open Spaces in BERLIN GLOBAL!
Jeanne Mammen
Discover the artist’s original studio at Ku’damm
Stadtmuseum Berlin on the road
Other objects in exhibitions at other museums

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Funeral of Affordable Rents

In the room “Free Space” at BERLIN GLOBAL stands the “Funeral of Affordable Rents” by the artist collective Rocco and his brothers. In 2016, the artists installed the work on a street corner in Kreuzberg to draw attention to the exploding rents. In the series “Favourite Object” we present the object restored for the exhibition.

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Heiner Müller

Heiner Müller is regarded as one of the most important German dramatists of the 20th century.

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The old Waisenbrücke Bridge

In January 1960, the East Berlin city administration began the demolition of the Waisenbrücke Bridge, and by June 1961, the bridge’s foundations had been removed. The historic construction, which had been visible from Fischerinsel and Mühlendamm, a river crossing that had connected the opposite banks of the Spree for centuries, was gone. One of the city’s central lifelines has been severed ever since.

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Jeanne Mammen’s studio

A 360° tour with audio commentary

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The AVUS

24th September 2021 marked the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the “Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße” (AVUS) [Automobile traffic and training road]. Races at the AVUS were one of Berlin’s most popular sporting events and at their peak drew in over 300,000 people.

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Leonore Schwarzer

This exclusive online photo exhibition showcases the work of Berlin photographer Leonore Schwarzer and her ability to capture the life of East Berliners in multifaceted images.

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Representation Matters – Racism in the Entertainment Industry

What we see, but also how people are talked about, shapes our view of the world. The media can help break down stereotypes. But often they do the opposite. Does the pleasure of some mean the exclusion of others, and why are we not further along today?

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